Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-05-14
THE LOCKOUT COMPLETE.
TEN THOUSAND CHICAGO WoRkMEN
TAKING A REST,

with Probability that Tens of Thousands
More Will be Thrown Out of Work-Un-
expected Effects of the Interstate Law
A Decline Predicted in the Cattle Indus
try-DoiIar Notes.
CHICAGO, NAV l4-No efforts were made
Friday to effect compromise of the differ
ences between the master builders and their
employees The former. having secured a
large majority of the dealers in building ma
terial 10 their cause, spent the day mostly In
discussing the situation. The request of the
executive to all members of the association to
stop work Friday evening was complied with
10y every one BY noon fully one-half of the
master masons had stopped work, and the
others ceased working during the afternoon
The lockout is now complete and lo,OO men
are directly affected by it If work is not re-
sumed in a short time the number of idle men
will be continually added to by the carpenters,
painters, etc, running out of work, and there
is no telling how many thousand men will suf-
fer the consequences of the trouble.
The members of the executive committee of
| the builders had several conferences during
| the day, but they refused to divulge their
proceedings Mr.. Downey said he expected
that in few days the men would see the
error of their way, and when they did so the
| arrangements for resuming work would be
satisfactorily adjusted. He replied, when
| asked if there was a scheme on foot to import
men TO take the places of those who have
| been locked out, mo, sir Chicago brick
layers are good enough for us"
John Pearson, ex -president of the Brick
layers union, was caller at the builders
headquarters Although he was not there in
an official capacity, he held long discussion
with Mr. Prussing, Mr. Downey, and other
members; but he was not acting officially and
only an Informal talk was held, in the course
| OF which Pearson said he had been threatened
| by members of his union with throwing out
| OF the window for insisting on stating his
views when they were in opposition TO the
ma iority of the men. The many n1embers
| who were present emphatically declared that
they We're now lighting for their rights as
| business men and as citizens, and that they
would not yield, whatever may be the conse-
| queuces to them.
The bricklayers on their side are equally
emphatic in their declaration that the build
ers viii have to yield An intelligent mem
Der of the union said that if the lockout was
| continued by Monday one-third of their
members would leave Chicagofor other cities;
that at least one-third more would get EN-
| pl0yment here from builders who are not con-
nected with the Master Masons association,
! and the others would be taken care of in yari-
| Gus ways. Already, he said, over 800 brick
| LAYERS have left the city to find employment
4 elsewhere He claimed that the lockout was
nothing more nor less than a bluff, and that
as the men fully understood it they We're not
alarmed The men at headquarters secuted
the idea of the building material dealers re-
| fllSng to sell for cash even though they had
signed a contract not TO do So They argued
that dealers who had brick or other mater1a
required in building for sale would not be ter.
ritied into refusing to deliver it to those who
| may purchase it,
However this may be, at a meeting of the
Northwestern Brick Manufacturers associa
ton, at which thirty-three firms were repre-
| sented, it was resolved unanimously not to de
| liver any brick pending a settlement of thu
labor troubles and not to manufacture bricl
after next Wednesday, if the lockout con.
| tinues
The dealers in lime signed the agreement
not to sell material to builders who are out
side the association until the lockout is at al
| end
Mr.. Wheelock, of the Architects aSsocia
ton, called at the Builders exchange and said
his association would refuse to have anything
to do with builders who had not signed tn,
agreement entered INTO by the Builders ex
change.